Extreme Couponing in Canada?
May 25, 2011My name is Cara and I’m addicted to Extreme Couponing the new TLC show! I will admit I’ve been a couponer for years, but I’m finally starting to reap the benefits of my coupon stash right here in Canada! I was a bit of a timid couponer in the past, but the show has me stepping out of my coupon comfort zone and actually getting items for FREE! Just this past week, I redeemed over $75 in FREE products by combining sales with coupons.
Extreme Couponing North of the border can happen if you have a plan in place and are organized. There’s many sites dedicated to getting coupons and organizing them to coordinate with sales cycles happening at major retailers. So where do I get my coupons? I order many of them online and they are mailed to me from sites like:
- www.websaver.ca
- www.save.ca
- www.gocoupons.ca
- www.brandsaver.ca (available seasonally)
I also find many printable coupons online as well. Facebook is a great resource for finding printable coupons! A few pages I follow are:
- Simply Frugal in Canada- Website- http://www.simplyfrugal.ca/
- mrsjanuary.com- Website- http://www.mrsjanuary.com/
- FabulousSavings.ca- Website- http://www.fabuloussavings.ca/
- Rothesay Coupon Mom
- SweetCoupons
- GroceryAlerts.ca
For more printable coupons many manufacturers also offer them on their Facebook pages and websites, if you are loyal to a certain product try liking their page to see if they have any offers available! As well be sure to check out ShoppersVoice, they are the product surveys that occasionally come in the mail, you can also fill them out online and save a tree or two, they will also randomly mail you out very good high dollar value coupons for various products!
I’ve also been writing a new blog right here at CPO called Deals & Steals and featuring freebies, coupons and deals that I think parents may be interested in. It’s definitely one of the fun parts of my job (although I think most parts of my job are pretty fun!).
There’s also a few other places to get coupons that are not online:
- Tearpads in your local stores- (grab a few of products you normally use)
- Newspaper inserts like Redplum and Smart Source (find their Distribution dates HERE)
- Coupon trading swaps or Coupon Trains
So I’m going to share my deals I scored this week. One thing I learned is that I need to be better prepared and make sure I have my Coupon Binder with me at all times (or at least in the van!), I spotted the great deal on UnderJams but had to go home and get my binder!
Shoppers Drug Mart
Pampers UnderJams $9.99 (regular $17.99) x3 $3 off Coupons= Normal retail cost $53.97 I paid just $20.97
Sobey’s
Chapman’s Premium Ice Cream $4.99 BOGO (Buy 1 Get 1 Free)- I had 2 cereal box coupons for any brand ice cream up to $4 FREE- These coupons allowed me to get 4 containers of ice cream for absolutely no cost at all! Savings $19.96
Kellogs Vector Cereal- Coupon for Free 400g Box – Savings $5.79
I also had a few coupons for some of the other items that were also fetuared in the BOGO sale, for even more savings. Total bill before store savings and my coupons would have been $84.80 and I paid only $39.39 that’s more than a 50% savings many of it coming from my coupons!
Walmart
Finish Quantumatic Starter Kit- Regular price 12.97 on sale for $6 + $6 off printable Coupon = FREE
Ziplock Products- on rollback for $2.37/box used this printable Buy 2 Save $4 Coupon (expires June 2, 2011)= 2 boxes for .74 cents
Special K Bars- on sale for $2.47 + .75 cent off coupon= $1.72 per box
Glade Sense & Spray- Coupon for free product on sale for $6= FREE
Here’s a shot of the products I got with my coupons this week!
Very inspiring Cara! I might have to get back into couponing again. I haven`t used coupons in years.
Way to go cara! Good idea on the ice cream I would nit have thought to do that.
Do you have trouble with printed coupons? I hear metro doesn’t rake them?
How do you organize your coupons? And how much time do you dedicate to this each day?
I spend about an hour a day, but some of that goes into work research too. I have them all in a big zipper binder. I just picked up some new supplies today for it. Smaller coupons go into clear collector card sheets, larger coupons into clear sheets with 4 4×6 photo inserts and I also have some dividers to keep things categorized. ie expiring soon, food items, healthy & beauty, cleaning supplies etc. I also keep my weekly flyers in there as well for places that do price matches, and of course a pair of small scissors and some pens! As for printed coupons I haven’t had any trouble, but many places have different policies. I now have an ebook on my iPhone that has most of the coupon policies for many of the Canadian retailers that I frequent. Perhaps I’ll do another blog post on that!
Hello Cara, you are awesome!!! Way to go girl.
I never leave home without my coupons..I wish we had the coupon deals like in the us..but everypenny saved makes me feel great!!!!
Thank you so much for the link to my website. I am very happy that you use my site as a resource. I’m glad it is helpful for you.
Great deals, by the way! Coupons are so much fun, aren’t they?
I love that Show! I am astonished how they do it! I loved the show with the couple that couponed to give it all away!
I am a very beginner couponer, and need to get organized!
Thank you SO much for this blog post, I am (don’t laugh) overjoyed to hear of a show about couponing! I’ve always thought coupons were a no-brainer, and I can’t wait to tune in to see exaggerated versions of myself in search of the best deals. Thanks!
I also wanted to let you (and everyone else) know about this incredible new printable coupons site online: http://www.clickclipdeals.com
They make it so easy to share coupons with others, I think this might be the next big thing!
My daughter and I have been watching Extreme Couponing too and we are hooked on it. It has definately inspired me to try to save some money. With 2 teenage boys in my house any savings on groceries will help. I have started to organize my coupons and I would like to save about 50% on my groceries. Too bad our stores here don’t double the coupon value like they do on the show.